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Author Russell, David Lee, 1947- author.

Title Early U.S. Navy carrier raids, February-April 1942 : five operations that tested a new dimension of American air power / David Lee Russell
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 197 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents War begins in the Pacific -- Marshall and Gilbert Islands -- Rabaul -- Wake and Marcus Islands -- Lae and Salamaua -- Tokyo -- Aftermath -- Appendix A: Marshall and Gilbert Islands Raid, U.S. Navy Task Forces 8 and 17, February 1, 1942 -- Appendix B: Rabaul Raid, U.S. Navy Task Force 11, February 20, 1942 -- Appendix C: Wake and Marcus Island Raid, U.S. Navy Task Force 16, February 24, 1942 -- Appendix D: Lae-Salamaua Raid, Allied Task Force 11 (TF 11, TF 17 and ANZAC Squadron), March 10, 1942 -- Appendix E: Tokyo Raid, U.S. Navy Task Force 16, April 18, 1942
Summary "After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America's fast carrier task forces, with their aircraft squadrons and powerful support warships, went on the offensive. Under orders from the Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, the newly appointed Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, took the fight to the Japanese, using island raids to slow their advance in the Pacific. Beginning in February 1942, a series of task force raids led by the carriers USS Enterprise, USS Yorktown, USS Lexington and USS Hornet were launched, beginning in the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands. An attempted raid on Rabaul was followed by successful attacks on Wake Island and Marcus Island. The Lae-Salamaua Raid countered Japanese invasions on New Guinea. The most dramatic was the unorthodox Tokyo (Doolittle) Raid, where 16 carrier-launched B-25 medium bombers demonstrated that the Japanese mainland was open to U.S. air attacks. The raids had a limited effect on halting the Japanese advance but kept the enemy away from Hawaii, the U.S. West coast and the Panama Canal, and kept open lines of communications to Australia."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
Aircraft carriers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
Air power -- Case studies
Raids (Military science) -- Case studies
Air power
Aircraft carriers
Military campaigns
Military operations, Aerial -- American
Military operations, Naval -- American
Raids (Military science)
Pacific Area
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
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